The City of Peterborough and the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) presented a donation of $10,054.30 today to Kawartha Food Share.
“The City of Peterborough is pleased with the completion of another successful Christmas Parking promotion in partnership with the DBIA,” says Kevin Jones, Transportation Manager for the City of Peterborough.
In its January 25th issue, Maclean’s Magazine is profiling the story of a Syrian refugee family and the Peterborough community group who sponsored them.
This month, food writer Eva Fisher checks the menu for Peterborough’s newest foodie fundraiser, talks seasonal food with the president of the Peterborough Farmers’ Market, takes a look inside the ovens at Hard Winter Bread Company, and tastes some of the best hot chocolate the Kawarthas have to offer.
January is Alzheimer Awareness Month.
While overall public awareness of Alzheimer’s disease has increased over the years — thanks in part to Academy award-winning films like 2001’s Iris and 2014’s Still Alice — many people still believe that life ends when Alzheimer’s begins.
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held last week at the Las Vegas Convention Centre, is the place you go to see the latest in cutting-edge technology.
This month, Peterborough-based artist William Joel Davenport exhibits at Evans Contemporary, four shows continue during January at the renovated Art Gallery of Peterborough, Montreal-based sculptor Sheena Hoszko exhibits at Artspace, the newly merged Gallery in the Attic and Peterborough Darkroom Project is looking for volunteers, and Brianna Gosselin displays her most recent work at Black Honey.
Four women who have swum across Lake Ontario — Marilyn Bell, Vicki Keith, Annaleise Carr, and Trinity Arsenault — will be joining the 30th anniversary of the Carl Oake Swimathon on Friday, February 12th at the Peterborough YMCA.
On Thursday, January 7th, the second annual “Faceoff Against Dementia” fundraiser raised over $16,000 for the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland & Haliburton.
Do you have trouble bringing a good joke or humorous idea to the page? Well, just because you’re a funny person doesn’t always mean that you’re a funny writer. A lot can be lost in translation if you don’t know how to build the story beyond the punchline.
At its meeting yesterday night at the Holiday Inn, the Women’s Business Network (WBN) of Peterborough presented a cheque for $16,001.33 for the Nutritional Well-Being program at YWCA Peterborough Haliburton’s Crossroads Shelter.
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